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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. z. 
$ Ofjns dibit, Lob. 
White Tode-flax. 
6 ofjris furfurocxruleti is a kinde of Tode^- 
flax that hath many fmall and weake branches 
trailing vpon the ground, befet with many little 
leaues likeflaxe. The floures grow at the top of 
the ftalke like vnto the common kinde, but of a 
purple col our declining to blewnefle. The root is 
fmall and threddie. 
£ 7 This hath many fmal\ creeping bran- 
ches fome handfull or better high,and hath fuch 
leaues, floures, and feed, as the common kinde, but 
all of them much lefle,and therein confifteth the 
difference. It growes naturally in thedry fields 
about Salamanca in Spaine.and floures all Som- 
mer long. Lob cl calls it Ofyvis jLiv a jyluejtris ^ and 
Cluffm^Ltnaria, Hijpanica. 
8 The branches of this eight kind are fpred 
vpon the ground, and of the length of thofe of the 
la ft defcribed : the leaues are feffer than thofe of 
the common Tode-flax, thicke, iuicie, and of a 
whitifh greene colour, and they grow notdifor- 
derly vpon the ftalks,but at certaine fpaces fome- 
times three, but moft vfually fotire together : the 
floures infhape are like thofe of the ordinarie 
kinde, but of a moft perfedt Violet colour, and 
the lower lip where it gapes of a golden yellow, 
the tafte is bitter. After the flouresare part come 
veffels round & thick,which contain a flat black 
feed in two partitions or cells: the root is {lender, 
white, and long lafting,and it floures vnto the end 
of Autumne.lt grows naturally vpon the higheffe 
Alps. Gefnercuh it and C lupus 
LimriatertU Stynaca . f 
t 6 Ofiris V urpiirocmdu repens. Purple Tode-flaxe. 
1 0 Fprafinuchas this plant is ftaiked and leafed like common FIaxe,and thought bv fome 
to be ofyris ; the new writers haue called it Linofyris : it hath ftalkes very ftiffe and wooddie, befet 
with leaues like the common Limria, with floures at the top of the ftalkes ofa faint fhinino- yel- 
low colour, in forme and fhape fomewbat like vnto Cony^t nuior. The whole plant °roweth To the 
height of two cubits, and is in tafte fliarpe and clammie, or glutinous, and fomewhat bitter. The 
rootiscompaftofmany firings, intangled one within another, 
f io GuiUmdim calleth this plant HyJJ'opwvmbeUifcr.i Diofcoridu, that is,Diofcorideshk Hy- 
fope. 
